{"id":1210564,"date":"2022-01-12T10:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1210564"},"modified":"2022-01-12T10:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:04:29","slug":"hes-sorry-now-boris-johnson-apologizes-for-joining-lockdown-garden-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hes-sorry-now-boris-johnson-apologizes-for-joining-lockdown-garden-party\/","title":{"rendered":"He&#039;s Sorry Now: Boris Johnson Apologizes for Joining Lockdown Garden Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhes-sorry-now-boris-johnson-apologizes-for-joining-lockdown-garden-party%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1210564&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/boris-johnson-apology-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended a week of avoidance Wednesday and apologized for attending a garden party during Britain\u2019s coronavirus lockdown in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson acknowledged for the first time he joined the May 2020 garden party at his Downing Street office, though he said he had considered it a work event to thank his staff for their efforts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want to apologize. \u2026 With hindsight, I should have sent everyone back inside,\u201d Johnson told lawmakers in the House of Commons, before adding&nbsp;there are things his government \u201cdid not get right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s lunchtime appearance at the weekly Prime Minister\u2019s Questions session in the House of Commons was his first public showing since details of the party emerged. He spoke as critics from his own Conservatives and the opposition benches demanded answers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I want to apologise. I know that millions of people have made extraordinary sacrifices&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologies to public after attending party held at No 10 during lockdown<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PMQs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PMQs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUp5JDSfRU\">https:\/\/t.co\/HUp5JDSfRU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XJx8Ra1hZ2\">pic.twitter.com\/XJx8Ra1hZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCNews\/status\/1481237963115843589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nigel Farage Warns Boris Johnson May Be Out \u2018Sooner Than Anybody Thinks\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QGH3E3xaVd\">https:\/\/t.co\/QGH3E3xaVd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1472948591987732480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-business-health-europe-london-2b9b4147b1ee8041b341dfce5ef92208\">reports<\/a> after his apology, Johnson urged critics&nbsp;to await the conclusions of an investigation by senior civil servant Sue Gray into several alleged parties by government staff.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition leader Keir Starmer would have none of it and went straight on the attack.<\/p>\n<p>He said Johnson\u2019s statement was \u201cthe pathetic spectacle of a man who has run out of road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis defence \u2026 that he didn\u2019t realize he was at a party is so ridiculous that it\u2019s actually offensive to the British public,\u201d Starmer said. \u201cHe\u2019s finally been forced to admit what everyone knew, that when the whole country was locked down he was hosting boozing parties in Downing Street. Is he now going to do the decent thing and resign?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Return of Mandatory Masks: Boris Johnson Announces \u2018Tighter Rules\u2019 in Response to Omicron Variant<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/96VgFOnOZS\">https:\/\/t.co\/96VgFOnOZS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1464659372580220931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s attendance at the garden soiree came during the U.K.\u2019s first lockdown, which began in March 2020 and lasted for more than two months, almost all gatherings were banned.<\/p>\n<p>Millions of people were cut off from friends and family, and even barred from visiting dying relatives in hospitals. Thousands were fined by police for breaking the ban on gatherings.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended a week of avoidance Wednesday and apologized for attending a garden party during Britain\u2019s coronavirus lockdown in 2020. 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